Tag: SaaS

March 20, 2023

After years spent purchasing and expanding SaaS usage to meet the challenges created by the pandemic, IT teams are now tightening SaaS spend and see growing security risks from shadow SaaS. SaaS is particularly painful for IT to manage. Ownership […]

December 21, 2022

With a recession looming and continuous economic uncertainty hovering, companies are looking for ways to cut costs. If they made it through the period of layoffs, now they’re turning to their tools to see where they can cut back and […]

October 21, 2022

We’ve made a point of shoring up security for infrastructure-as-a-service clouds since they are so complex and have so many moving parts. Unfortunately, the many software-as-a-service systems in use for more than 20 years now have fallen down the cloud […]

September 7, 2022

During the pandemic, many businesses were forced to support remote work to stay afloat. While this shift was initially a temporary solution, the resulting increase in productivity and an overwhelmingly positive employee response has since led high-profile companies such as […]

August 16, 2022

Those who use your software found it, love it, and want to use it. Unfortunately, some people use your software without paying for it. Software piracy – the use of software that’s been configured or tampered with to remove or […]

August 3, 2022

SaaS platforms exploded in the last few years for excellent reasons: scalability, cost, accessibility, and flexibility. But like any explosion, it left some messes in its wake. For IT and security teams, in particular, the increasing number of solutions in […]

May 24, 2022

Data warehouses have advanced in the past few years, adding multiple enhancements and new capabilities. A data warehouse stores business data from a variety of applications and databases. It acts as a single repository, which an organization can access with […]

February 22, 2022

The primary purpose of implementing a Data Architecture is to standardize the methods and protocols, as well as the systems for acquiring, storing, managing, and sharing data across the enterprise for improved decision-making. In modern businesses, most decisions are made […]

February 14, 2022

The idea of integrating systems is nothing new. IT departments have constantly struggled to link enterprise applications together in a way that enables decision-makers to have the data they need at their fingertips. Ideally, this information should all be pulled […]

January 13, 2022

As many have said, data is everything and everything is data. And the fact remains that the highest-value data sits in transactional databases behind applications like ERP, CRM, etc. To get the most out of data, it must be consolidated […]

December 9, 2021

There was one headline-grabbing breach after another this year. As we head into 2022, we sat down to reflect on 2021 in order to predict what key themes enterprises should expect to see in the new year. Amid rising threats […]

October 18, 2021

Just 10 years ago, most application development testing strategies focused on unit testing for validating business logic, manual test cases to certify user experiences, and separate load testing scripts to confirm performance and scalability. The development and release of features […]

July 22, 2021

One of the most popular forms of cloud computing is software as a service (SaaS). It is one of the three major categories of cloud computing, along with infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS). SaaS […]

July 19, 2021

Analytics are core to all modern SaaS applications. There is no way to successfully operate a SaaS application without monitoring how it is performing, what it’s doing internally, and how successful it is at accomplishing its goals. However, there are […]

June 17, 2021

Robotic process automation (RPA) is rapidly moving beyond the early adoption phase across verticals. Automating just basic workflow processes has resulted in such tremendous efficiency improvements and cost savings that businesses are adapting automation at scale and across the enterprise. […]

June 11, 2021

Work has become more dynamic, and the tools and platforms that support a modern, changing workforce need to adapt. Collaboration and workflows must be scalable and secure to keep businesses moving forward. At our ENGAGE: ALL IN virtual conference, we […]

March 30, 2021

The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a global pandemic on March 11, 2020, and soon after IT leaders rushed to mitigate the impact on their businesses, marshaling teams to work remotely. CIOs boosted infrastructure capacity, shipped laptops to […]

January 29, 2021

Software buying has evolved. The days of executives choosing software for their employees based on IT compatibility or KPIs are gone. Employees now tell their boss what to buy. This is why we’re seeing more and more SaaS companies — […]

January 4, 2021

The lure of subscription pricing is the guarantee of recurring revenue for your business. Once a customer flips the switch to turn on your subscription, it’s easy money: Easy to recognize your revenue. Easy to determine your margins and profits. […]

October 22, 2020

Customer experience and digital transformation are two terms we’ve been hearing about for years, but have often remained nebulous in many organizations — something to aspire to perhaps, but not take completely seriously. Yet the pandemic has been a forcing […]